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PANDANUS 



PANDANUS 



period. In autumn, winter and spring, they like plenty 

 of sunshine. When autumn comes, do less watering 

 and syringing, as root-action is becoming less active. 

 To keep them in good health, it is very important to 

 use great care in watering them in the winter months, 

 as any unskilful or careless watering will surely cause 

 ruin. Also give ventilation strict attention at all times. 

 Most of the species of pandanus can be -increased 

 from suckers, that are more or less produced from the 

 main stem. These may be taken off and a few of the 

 bottom leaves removed, and placed singly in small pots, 

 using a mixture of loam, peat, and sand in equal parts. 

 Plunge in a warm propagating-bed where they may 

 have a brisk bottom heat. The best time to increase 

 this stock is after January. Some species are grown 

 from seed. Seeds may be sown whenever they can be 

 secured fresh, which is usually in the spring. Sow the 

 seed in pans in a mixture of loam, peat, and sand in 

 equal parts. Cover and press firmly. Keep moist, but 

 not in a soaked condition. It will aid the germination 

 to soak the seed twenty-four hours in tepid water. Give 

 plenty of heat and keep shaded and they will germinate 

 without much trouble. When large enough, pot off 

 and keep on shifting and grow under the above cul- 

 tural directions and they will form good stocky plants. 

 (J. J. M. Farrell). 



INDEX. 



horridus, 12. 

 javanicus, 2, 6. 

 laevis, 6. 

 leucacanthus, 6. 

 Linnsei, 6. 

 Loureiri, 6. 

 mauritianus, 8. 

 Menziesii, 6. 

 Moorei, 7. 

 moschatus, 6. 

 odoralissimus, 6. 

 odoratus, 6. 

 odorifer, 6. 

 ornatus, 9. 

 pacificus, 5. 



Baptistii, 3. 

 Blancoi, 6. 

 Boryi, 6. 

 Candelabrum, 2, and 



suppl. list, 

 caricosus, 13. 

 Chamissonis, 6. 

 distichus, 8. 

 Douglasii, 6. 

 elegantissimus, 8. 

 flabelliformis, 8. 

 Forsteri, 7. 

 Fosterianus, 7. 

 furcatus, 12. 

 graminifolius, 10, 11. 

 heterocarpus, 9. 



A. Foliage striped or marked with white or yellow. 



1. Veitchii, Hort. Fig. 2742. Lvs. 2 ft. long, broader 

 than in the common P. utilis, somewhat recurved, 

 spiny-toothed, dark green in the center, margined with 

 broad bands of white or silvery white, the apex long- 



pygmseus, 10. 

 reflexus, 14. 

 Rheedii, 6. 

 Rumphii, 6. 

 Samak, 6. 

 Sanderi, 4. 

 sativus, 8. 

 spinifructus, 12. 

 spiralis, 6. 

 tectorius, 6. 

 urophyttus, 12. 

 utilis, 8. 



Vandermeeschii,15. 

 variegatus, 2. 

 Veitchii, 1. 



2744. Pandanus utilis. Young plant of a narrow-leaved 

 graceful form. 



acuminate. Polynesia; intro. by Veitch in 1868. A.F. 

 4:570. F. 1871, p. 177. Gn. 2, p. 501. G. 9:176; 

 23:565. G.L. 26:177. Gn.W. 23, suppl. May 12. G.W. 

 2, p. 389; 5, p. 391; 11, p. 241; 12, p. 414. Perhaps a 

 form of P. tectorius. 



2. variegatus, Miq. St. branched, emitting roots: 

 Ivs. narrow-lanceolate, very narrowly attenuate or 

 even filiform above, pale green, striped or variegated 

 with white or pale green or the younger ones all white, 

 the prickles or spines whitish and purplish. Polynesia. 

 Probably plants cult, as P. javanicus and P. Can- 

 delabrum var. variegatus belong here. 



3. Baptistii, Hort. A leafy short-stemmed plant: 

 Ivs. narrow, nearly 1 in. wide, curved, unarmed, long- 

 acuminate, longitudinally lined or striped with whitish 

 or yellowish. S. Seas, probably in New Britain Isls. 

 R.H. 1913, p. 141. G.W. 14, p. 422. Gn.W. 9:581. 

 Said to be a rapid grower. 



4. Sanderi, Hort. Habit tufted, the st. being short: 

 Ivs. 30 in. long, with minute marginal spines, not unlike 

 those of P. Veitchii but of denser habit, and differing 

 much in the variegation, which in this case is golden 

 yellow, and in place of being confined to the margin, or 

 nearly so, it is distributed in narrow bands of yellow and 

 green in alternation throughout the length of its If. 

 Timor, Malay Archipelago. G.C. III. 23:249. R.H. 

 1898, p. 230. G. 21:606. Gn.W. 25:123. G.W. 11, 

 p. 242. R.B. 24, p. 180. G.M. 41:686. A.G. 19:455; 

 22:189. A.F.16:887. F.E. 13:111. Said to be a rapid 

 grower. 



AA. Foliage green, or at least not variegated or striped. 

 B. Spines on If. -margins relatively small or short (some- 

 times wanting). 



5. pacificus, Hort. Lvs. broad and dark green, shi- 

 ning, abruptly narrowed to a tail-like apex, the margins 

 with small fine spines. Pacific Isls. G.W. 11, p. 243; 

 15, p. 597. Apparently not placed botanically, but 

 said to be distinct and a very useful plant. 



6. tectdrius, Soland. (P. odoratissimus, Linn, f . P. odor- 

 atus, Salisb. P.odon/er,O.Kuntze). Height 20 and more 

 ft., much branched, the trunk commonly flexuose and 

 supported by aerial roots: Ivs. light green, 3-5 ft. long, 

 linear-lanceolate, abruptly produced into a long point, 

 glaucous; spines short, white. S. Asia, islands of Indian 

 and Pacific oceans, Austral., Philippines. G.C. III. 

 17:14; 32:194, 195. A scent which is much esteemed 

 in Java is said to be obtained from the male fls. A 

 variable species to which many names belong, as P. 

 javanicus, Hort., P. spiralis, R. Br., P. Blancoi, Kunth, 

 P. leucacanthus, Hort., and P. Boryi, P. Chamissonis, 

 P. Douglasii, P. Linnsei, P. Loureiri, P. Menziesii, P. 

 Rheedii, P. Rumphii, Gaud. Var. Isevis, Warb. 

 (P. Isevis, Kunth. P. moschatus, Miq.), has somewhat 

 glaucous and unarmed Ivs. 6 ft. or more long, with a 

 very long-acuminate apex. Var. Samak, Warb. (P. 

 Samak, Hassk.), has narrow subulate-acuminate Ivs., 

 with margins and keel bearing slender whitish spines. 

 P. tectorius is common in the Philippines near the se& 

 and along tidal streams, and horticultural varieties are 

 cult, in Manila. 



7. Forsteri, Moore and Muell. (P. Fosterianus, Hort. 

 P. Moorei, F. Muell.). Habit of P. tectorius: tall, to 30 

 ft., branched at top, with aerial roots: Ivs. to 3 ft. 

 long and 2 in. or more wide, short-appressed-spinulose. 

 Lord Howe's Isl. 



8. fttilis, Bory (P. distichus, Hort. P. flabelliformis, 

 Carr. P. mauritianus, Hort. P. satwus, Thouars). 

 Figs. 2743-2745. The best-known species: attains 60 ft. 

 in Madagascar, where it is native: branching: Ivs. glau- 

 cous, erect, 1-2% ft. long, 3 in. wide, spines red. I.H. 

 7:265. B.M. 5014 (as P. Candelabrum). R.H. 1866: 

 270. A.F. 4:571. F.E. 15:592. G.W. 15, p. 597 

 Cult, in tropics; Ivs. used in making of bags, baskets, 



